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New-look Pine Ridge Park now one of E.B.’s ‘jewels’

Photos add missing pieces to cemetery database

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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

Students get hands-on ecology lesson at DeVoe

E.B. officer honored for record of combating drunken driving

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Bears have a lot to play for in tourney games

Kenney has EB baseball moving in right direction

Milltown budget raises taxes an average of $82

$7.58 million budget brings tax hike due to revenue losses

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The average homeowner in Milltown will pay an additional $82 in municipal taxes for 2009 based on a municipal budget adopted Friday. More...

Teens scare up money to help families in need

Haunted house at 4-H Center open weekends in October

BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer

Middlesex County's 4-H Center has been transformed into a thrilling haunted house in an attempt to raise money for needy families across the county. More...

EBHS band competition to double as food drive

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — Those who want to enjoy some good music and help the hungry at the same time need go no further then East Brunswick High School this Saturday. More...

Rec. director and daughter charged in theft from boro

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — The borough's longtime director of parks and recreation and her daughter were arrested last week of stealing approximately $650 from the borough over a two-year period. More...

Three arrested at E.B. mall

EAST BRUNSWICK — Three women from Philadelphia were arrested last week after police responded to a report of shoplifting at the Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18. More...

Rabid animals turn up in Monroe, Old Bridge

A raccoon and a cat that tested positive for rabies this month in Monroe and Old Bridge bring the total number of rabid animals located this year in Middlesex County to 12. On Oct. More...

Middlesex County Freeholder election profiles

Incumbent Democrats H. James Polos and Ronald Rios are facing Republican candidates Lynda Woods Cleary and Richard F. Frank for two three-year terms on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Nov. 3. More...

State forces Spotswood to address wetlands issue

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — The borough will be required to remediate an area of wetlands as a penalty for disturbing an environmentally sensitive area elsewhere. More...

Local youngsters climb to top of a unique sport

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — When asked what sport one is playing, rock climbing is not a familiar answer. More...

Letters

Keep casinos, public places smoke-free

As a cardiologist and regional president of the American Heart Association in New Jersey, I remain gravely concerned about our state's safeguards against exposure to second-hand smoke, specifically as this unresolved public health issue lingers in More...

On feral cats and their place in the world

Feral cats are courageous, vulnerable and precious to God. Christa Renee Fordham Parlin section of Old Bridge More...

PACs are financing municipal elections

In 2007 changes were made to the New Jersey election laws to curb unbridled campaign contributions. Contributions to campaign committees from individuals have dropped. More...

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Columns

One more failing grade on the federal math test

Coda • GREG BEAN

Iwas in my senior year of college when I got called to the administrator's office for some bad news. Seems that in almost four years of higher education, I had managed to avoid passing a single math class. More...

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Obituaries

Joseph F. Martucci Sr.

Mr. Martucci, 55, of Monroe, died Sept. 17, 2009, in Robert Wood University Hospital, New Brunswick. His father-in-law, Thomas L. Lo- Presti, died in 2003, and a brother, Anthony D. Martucci, died in 2005. Surviving are his wife, Ann C. More...

Joseph Decibus

Mr. Decibus, 86, of Spotswood, formerly of Woodbridge, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. His wife, Joyce Bray Decibus, died in 1996. More...

Michele S. Pianka Horowitz

Mrs. Horowitz, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Oct. 3, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her father, Irving Pianka. More...

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ERIC SUCAR staff Monroe Township High School's Jason Chung (l) and South Brunswick's Andrew Atalla battle for the ball during a game in Monmouth Junction Oct. 14. The Falcons went on to win, 2-1. More...

Korten, Ferraro discuss issues in East Brunswick

Two seeking one seat on Township Council

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

It may not have the visibility of last year's race, when seven candidates battled it out for mayor and two East Brunswick Township Council seats. But the Nov. 3 election will give voters a chance to fill one of five seats on the council. More...

Celebrity Skins Game

Forsgate Country Club golf professional Scott Magee (l) walks with PGA Tour golfer Rocco Mediate during the celebrity skills game portion of the Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic at the Monroe club Oct. 6. More...

Police: Suspects nabbed getting taxi after robbery

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — Two area men were arrested last week after one of them allegedly robbed the Provident Bank on Jackson Street and the two then attempted to flee the area by taxi, police said. The robbery took place at 9:06 a.m. on Oct. More...

Asciolla, Janeczek run uncontested in Helmetta

HELMETTA — Only two candidates filed for two three-year terms available on the Borough Council Nov. 3. Vinny Asciolla and Robert Janeczek, both independents, are seeking their third and second terms, respectively. More...

On their game

JEFF GRANIT staff PGA Tour fan favorite Rocco Mediate and LPGA Tour sensation Natalie Gulbis take part in the celebrity skills exhibition during the two-day Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Oct. 6. More...

Fundraisers

Oct. 22-25 • Show and School-Supplies Drive, to benefit needy children in Afghanistan, sponsored by Stephen O'Leary, a seventh-grade student at Immaculate Conception School, Spotswood. More...

Jamesburg Borough Council race

At stake: Two three-year Borough Council terms and one two-year unexpired term.

Given the municipal tax increases and budget cuts of recent times, what can be done to improve the borough's budget situation? More...

Corrections officer facing drug charges

Todd Messinger, 40, of East Brunswick, was arrested Oct. More...

E.B. asks state to address affordable housing ruling

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials are concerned a recent court ruling regarding affordable housing will have ramifications on their plan, which was recently approved by the state Council on Affordable Housing. During the Oct. More...

Bulletin Board

Chabad Women to host annual luncheon

The Chabad Women's Circle will host its second annual luncheon 1:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Jamesburg. The event will feature lunch and entertainment. Couvert is $36 per person. RSVP required. More...

Public invited to send thank you to soldiers

Visitors to Stop and Shop, 1600 Perrineville Road, Monroe, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24, will be invited by Volunteer Ambassadors representing a Secretary of the Army program called U.S. More...

Open house slated at Monroe fire station

Applegarth Volunteer Engine Company No. 1 and Monroe Fire District No. 2 will host a Station 57 Open House 1-4 p.m. Oct. 24 at the firehouse, 130 Applegarth Road. More...

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Opinion

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Clean energy can be our 21st-century moon shot

Guest Column • Doug O'Malley

Alot of heat — and not so much light — has been made about the U.S. House vote earlier this summer to pass the American Clean Energy and SecurityAct, which will start to move this country to a clean energy economy. More...

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The Monroe Township High School girls soccer team, fresh off a 4-0 win over Spotswood in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament, is facing a big week. More...

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